World's largest flower evolved from family of much tinier blooms
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Jan 12, 2007 |
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The plant with the world's largest flower -- typically a full meter across, with a bud the size of a basketball -- evolved from a family of plants whose blossoms are nearly all tiny, botanists write this week in the journal ...
Warm temps, El Nino delay lakes' freezing
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A strong El Nino and warmer temperatures pushed back lake freeze dates for the Northeast and Midwest areas of the United States, a water scientist said.
UConn primate lab halts research project
Jan 12, 2007 |
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The University of Connecticut has halted a controversial project involving monkeys and reprimanded researchers after federal inspectors found lab violations.
Stealth technology maintains fitness after sex
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Pathogens can become superbugs without their even knowing it, research published today in Science shows. 'Stealth' plasmids - circular 'DNA parasites' of bacteria that can carry antibiotic-resistance genes - produce a prot ...
New molecular pathway could reveal how cells stick together
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found a new pathway by which cells change their adhesive properties. With a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, they plan to fill in the details ...
Heard the one about flu and warm weather?
Jan 12, 2007 |
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Many people miss the point about remedies and realities during the cold and flu season, doctors around the United States say.
Exploring the molecular origin of blood clot flexibility
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How do blood clots maintain that precise balance of stiffness for wound healing and flexibility to go with the flow? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the School of Arts and ...
Canadian study shows bilingualism has protective effect in delaying onset of dementia by four years
Jan 12, 2007 |
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Canadian scientists have found astonishing evidence that the lifelong use of two languages can help delay the onset of dementia symptoms by four years compared to people who are monolingual.
Northern lights research enters final frontier
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2007 |
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An international team of scientists -- including physicists from the University of Calgary -- will begin gathering the most detailed information yet about the ever-changing northern lights, as a multi-year research project ...
Poll: Marriage + money = happiness
Jan 12, 2007 |
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If you're married and wealthy, you are probably very happy, a recent poll of U.S. residents found.
Mouthwash doesn't affect fillings, crowns
Jan 12, 2007 |
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A daily swish of mouthwash, which can contain oils such as eucalyptol, menthol, thymol, alcohol and sorbitol, doesn't affect dental work, a U.S. study found.
New method provides better earthquake warnings
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 12, 2007 |
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The new method of analysis makes it possible to estimate the complete stress tensor and monitor changes in the magnitude of stress and the instability of faults, which roots the analysis in physics in a manner that earthquake ...
Stock options may cost shareholders much less than previously thought
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Controversial stock options for company executives may be much less costly to shareholders than current mathematical models suggest, according to research presented Jan. 5 by Tim Leung of Princeton's Department of Operations ...
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